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TAG

Marjorie C.

Wilder, New York, N. Y., and John W. Rockefeller, Jr., Short Hills, N. .'lf., assignors to Robinson Tag da Label ration of New York Company, a corpolippnwumi nay 22, i939, senfn no. 285,844 5 cnims. (o1. 44a-ec) It is customary to fold shirts for display or .I storage on the shelves or counters of a vendors establishment by folding the arins backward and folding the bottoni portion of the shirt back- Wardly and up\ ardly thus leaving the collar and the bosom displayed for inspection. It has been 'the usual pra' 'ce, when removable tags are al- Xed to the shirt, to attach thern to one of the buttons of the shirt terminating adi-scent the bottoni folded edge of the shirt and i occasions projecting slightly beyond. .as the sirts are usually stacked, one on top oil the other, it is necessary te lift the bottom edge of those shirts above a shirt selected for in-` spection in order to inspect the tag thereon. Frein grasping the lower edge ci the shirt, the tag securedV to the shirt next adjacent the bottom shirt which is so lifted, is inadvertently grasped resulting in tearing the tag from the shirt. Likewise in lifting shirts from various piles for packing or other purposes the tags are frequently inadvertently grasped and torn oi the s-hirts. The reason for this is because tags so placed on a shirt are positioned where it is most natural to grasp the shirt when lifting it from the stack.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a tag which is adapted to be secured. to a shirt at a position where it is conspicuous and yet where it is unlikely to be disturbed by handling the shirt, and more particularly to provide a tag adapted to be attached to a shirt at thejunction oi" the collar and neck-band.

Embodinients of the invention may advantageously be formed in simulation of a bow tie and be provided near their top edges with holes having open slots to pass over the threads or shank of a collar button, and struck out tongues or tabs to engage under the collar wings. Preferably the shank or threads will be so proportioned that they will enter the slot only when the tag is at an angle to its final position, and the tabs will be lateral extensions of an integral neck so as to be capable of being folded back underneath the tag and the collar wings.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the specification and the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. l is a front view of a shirt folded in the customary manner for stacking or packing and having the tag attached thereto;

TFig. 2 is an enlarged View' of the tag shown with the bottom of the tag opening l of a size to receive er' width than height.

in Fig. in its condition before being applied; and

Fig. 3 is a similar View of the tag as it appears in applied condition.

The tag will be made of suitable flexible material, such as comparatively stiff paper, and asshown is generaily of a shape simulating a bow tie, the two ends l and 2 diverging symmetrically from the transverse center line. At the top 'of this center line is a slot 3, the which are chamferedj and this slot leads into an the shank of a button, the term shank being intended to comprehend threads or other attaching means.

integrally attached to the bottom edge of the lo* body by a neck 'zi at the said center line are two oppcsitely extending Wing-like tabs and l struck out from the material of the tag. These tabs have a downward direction generally along the may be of a slightly curvilinear outline as shown. The top edge of the neck 5 may be scored on the rear face as indicated by the dotted line at El, so as to provide a natural line of fold. When the neck is folded back to occupy a position against the back face of the tag as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

A shirt in usual folded condition is shown inv Fig. 1. The buttons are attached by threads and outer corners of i@ lines of the lower edges of the ends I and 2 and 2Ur along this line the tabs corne 25 as shown are two-hole buttons.l The other but- 30 tons have the holes up and down, but the collar button 9 preferably has its holes arranged crossv wise as shown in Fig. l and as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The threads therefore form an attachment lll, be termed a shank, which has substantially great- The Width of the shank exceeds that of the slot 3, and therefore to apply the tag the tag has to be turned 90 degrees from which for the purposes hereof may the position shown to enter the narrow dimension 40 of the shank l@ through the slot 3 into the opening 4, and then the tag is turned to the position shown. The neck 5 is then folded back to bring the tabs 5 and l under the collar wings ll and l2, as shown in Fig. l, inwhich position the tag is prevented from turning and is therefore locked on the collar button by reason of the inability of the shank lll to enter the slot 3 in that position.

It is obviousV that the particular construction shown in the drawings and above described may be variously modified within the principle and scope of our invention as defined in the appended claims. For example the slot may well be disposed at the-bottom edge and one or more tabs may be on the top edge and turned over inside the neck to prevent rotation of the tag instead of being engaged merely under the collar Wings, this being in eiect a reverse application of the tag from that shown.

We claim:

l. A tag for use on shirts and like garments having a turn-down collar and a collar button comprising a continuous strip of readily flexible material forming an elongated body portion having a transverse slot in one long edge at substantially the center thereof for receiving the shank of the button, the strip being of such length that its ends substantially overly the collar wings when the button shank is in the slot, and a pair of wing-like tabs attached at their inner ends to the opposite long edge and having free laterally extending wings adapted to engage a part of the garment and prevent rotation of the tag.

2. A tag for use on shirts and like garments having a turn-down collar and a collar button comprising a continuous strip of readily exible material forming an elongated body portion the two halves of which are symmetrical about the central transverse line with the lower edge of each half sloping downwardly from their inner to their outer ends, the tag having a transverse slot in the center of the top longitudinal edge to receive the button shank, and a pair of winglike tabs struck out from the lower edge and attached thereto at their inner ends, whereby the tabs may be folded underneath the tag and engage underneath the wings of the collar when the ends of the tag overlie the wings.

3. In combination with a shirt having an a tached turn-down collar and collar button, a tag comprising a continuous strip of readily flexiblematerial forming an elongated body portion with a transverse slot in the center of its top edge into which the button shank is received with the ends of the tag overlying the collar wings, and Wing-like tabs attached at their inner ends to the bottom edge of the tag and disposed underneath the collar Wings.

4. In combination with a shirt having an attached turn-down collar and collar button, a tag comprising a continuous strip of readily flexible material forming an elongated body portion with a transverse slot in the center of its top edge into which the button shank is received with the ends of the tag overlying the collar wings, and a pair of wing-like tabs attached to the center of the bottom edge of the tag along a line about which they are folded back underneath the tag and engage underneath the collar wings, the said line of attachment lbeing of a length to prevent substantial rotation of the tag about the button shank.

5. In combination with a shirt having an attached turn-down collar and a Collar button the shank of which is laterally elongated, a tag of readily flexible material having an elongated body portion with a central transverse slot opening into its top edge narrower than the lateral dimension of the shank and a button hole at the lower end of the slot of a diameter exceeding the lateral dimension of the shank, the tag being disposed with the button shank in the button hole and the ends overlying the collar wings, and a pair of wing-like tabs attached to the center of the bottom edge of the tag along a line about which they are folded back underneath the tag and engage underneath the collar wings, the said line of attachment being of a length to prevent substantial rotation of the tag about the button shank.

MARJORIE C. WILDER. JOHN W. ROCKEFELLER, JR. 

